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i have had a male since he was a hatchling he is carrot tail has lots of orange. i have had him for 1 year. the other day i was at the pet store that had a lot of females from this privet breeder in town. so i got the patternless albino female proven breeder.so i brought her home and set her in with the male and he started to flicker the end of his tail realy fast. he follows her every ever she goes and when she is in her hide he watch the out side of the hide. is this a good thing. i have every thing i need to breed. just hoping on her. i am hoping on getting a nother female next week. thanks to who ever helps me out

Wade

The tail flicking is used by the males to see if the other gecko is a girl or a boy. Another male will flick his tail back, a female wont. It sounds like your boy is interested in breeding but your female might need to get a little more comfortable first. If she is ready to mate she will lift her tail and let the male bite her neck and then copulation will begin. If she is not ready she will either run from him or try to fight him. Keep a close eye on them if this is the case because they can both do some real damage to each other. Good luck breeding though!
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